IRISH VARIETY AT 3YA

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 34, 9 March 1928, Page 7

IRISH VARIETY AT 3YA

At 3YA, St. Patrick’s Day programme commences at the child~ ren’s session when little cousins from the Ferry Road Convent will come along to the studio to help Uncle Sam and Aunt May. Among the items to be sung will be "The Dear Little Shamrock’’ by the children of the Primary | School and "The Royal Ambassador’s March" will be played by the Ferry Road Convent Boys’ Orchestra. The evening session programme will provide an entertainment of the popular kind, being bright and of much variety. The artists include Mr. E. A. Dowell, who always sings favourite songs; Mrs. D. W. Stallard, Miss Mabel Thomas, Mr. Dave McGill, Mr. Ivan Perrin (popular Irish melodies), Mr. Jack Oxley (zither banjo), Mr. E. A. Sargent (songs at piano), the Broadcasting Trio-and Mr. James Laurenson, who will deliver an Irish speech and recite an Irish poem. On Sunday evening the studio concert following the broadcast of the service at the Church of Christ, will not be without its Irish This will be evident in the two songs to be sung by Mr. Frank O’Brien. This Sunday evening concert will, however, comprise many other good items by Miss Constance Flamank (contralto), Miss Maiona Juriss, A.T.C.L. (elocution), Miss Bessie Pollard, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., (piano~ forte), and Mr. Frank Morrison (tenor). An Irish concert by the Madame Gower-Burns Grand Operatic Quartet will be an entertainment worth tuning-in for. The programme shows that a fine selection has been made from the many charming melodies composed in and about Erin. Madame Gower Burns’s solo items. will include "The Last Rose of Summer," "Killarney," "A Little Bit of Heaven,, and "Come Back to Erin," songs which she can be relied upon to render with all the artistic treatment and expression for which she is noted. Mrs. Ann Harper, who is taking the place of Miss Jessie King, who is about to leave for England, will sing the fascinating "Kerry Dance," "Husheen" and "The Four. Leafed Clover." Both Mr. Rennell and Mr. Prescott have songs to suit their voices. The quartets for the evening will be particularly good. Irish airs will be played by the Broadcasting Trio and by Miss Aileen Warren, while Irish recitations will be given by Mr. H. Instone.